Chillon, and Don Juan are his finest poems. A writer of great power
and strong personality, whose talent was warped by license and
self-will. Don Juan, his most brilliant poem, sins deeply against
morality. Manfred, The Giaour, and Lara are striking poems. _See Lives
by Galt, Moore, E. Brydges, Lake, and Elze; also, Byron, by Nichols,
in Eng. Men of Letters, and the Real Lord Byron by J. C. Jeaffreson._
_See Quarterly Rev., July, 1868, and prefaces to respective editions
by Wm. Rossetti and A. C. Swinburne._
=Gore, Mrs. Catherine Grace.= 1799-1861. Novelist. A prolific writer
of society tales. Author of The Cabinet Minister, The Royal Favorite,
etc. _Pub. Har._
=Gosse, Edmund W.= 184 Poet and critic. Son to P. H. G. Author
of Viol and Flute, King Erik, New Poems, Grey in Eng. Men of Letters,
etc. A lyrist of much merit. _See Harper's Mag. May, 1882, "Some
London Poets."_ _Pub. Har. Ho._
=Gosse, Philip Henry.= 181 Zoologist. Author Romance of Natural
Hist., Marine Zoology, Evenings with the Microscope, etc. _Pub. Apl.
A. T. S. Lip._
=Goulbourn, Edward Meyrick.= 181 Religious writer. Author
Thoughts on Personal Religion, The Holy Catholic Ch., Pursuit of
Holiness, etc. _Pub. Apl._
=Gould, Baring.= See Baring-Gould.
=Gower, John.= 1350-1402. Poet. G. wrote the Speculum Meditantis, in
French, Vox Clamantis, in Latin, and Confessio Amantis in Eng. _See
edition, 3 vols. 8vo, London, 1857._ _See Ward's Eng. Poets, vol. 1;
also Rolfe's edition of Pericles._
=Graeme [gr[=a]m], John.= 1748-1772. Scotch poet.
=Graham, Ennis.= See Molesworth, Mrs.
=Grahame, James.= 1765-1811. Scotch poet. Author of The Sabbath, etc.
=Grahame, James, Marquis of Montrose.= 1612-1650. Lyric poet. Author
of the famous lyric My Dear and Only Love. _See Biographies by Napier,
1856, and Grant, 1858._
=Grahame, James.= 1790-1842. Scotch historian. Author Hist. U. S.,
etc. Style dignified and impartial.
=Granger, James.= 1716-1766. Historian. Author Biographical Hist. of
England.
=Grant, Mrs. Anne= [of Laggan]. 1755-1838. Scotch poet and
miscellaneous writer. Author Memoirs of an American Lady [1808], etc.
_See Memoirs and Correspondence of, 3 vols., 1844._ _Pub. Mu._
=Grant, James.= 180 Journalist. Author of The Bench and the Bar,
Sketches in London, etc.
=Grant, James.= 182 Scotch novelist. Author Hist. of India, and
a long list of novels which do not take a very high rank. _Pub. Cas.
Rou._
=Grattan, Thos. Colley.= 1796-1864. Irish novelist and poet. Author
Highways and Byways, Hist. of the Netherlands, etc. _Pub. Har._
=Gray, David.= 1831-1861. Scotch poet. Author of The Luggie, etc. _See
H. G. Bell's edition, 1874._ _See R. Buchanan's David Gray and Other
Essays, 1868._
=Gray, Thomas.= 1716-1771. Poet. Author of The Bard, Progress of
Poesy, Elegy in a Country Churchyard, etc. A writer of much refinement
of expression and quiet sentiment. The calm beauty of the Elegy has
made it one of the most popular of Eng. poems. _See Gray, by E. W.
Gosse, in Eng. Men of Letters, Mason's Biog., 1778, and Selected Poems
of, edited by W. J. Rolfe._
=Green, John Richard.= 1837-1883. Historian. Author Short Hist. of the
Eng. People, The Making of England, Stray Studies, Hist. of the Eng.
People, etc. A picturesque, accurate writer, with great originality
and clearness of style. _See N. Y. Nation, March 29, 1883,
Contemporary Rev., May, 1883, Journal of Education, June, 1883,
British Quarterly Rev., July, 1883, and Fortnightly Rev., May, 1883._
_Pub. Apl. Har. Mac._
=Green, Matthew.= 1696-1737. Poet. The author of a curious reflective
poem called The Spleen. _See Ward's Eng. Poets, vol. 3._
=Greene, Robert.= 1560-1592. Dramatist. A prolific writer of humorous
plays, but now best known by his confession entitled Greene's Groat's
Worth of Wit bought with a Million of Repentance. _See Ward's Eng.
Poets, vol. 1._
=Greenwell, Dora.= 1821-1882. Poet and miscellaneous writer. Author
Stories That Might be True, The Patience of Hope, John Woolman, Camera
Obscura, A Present Heaven, etc. _Pub. Dut._
=Greg, Wm. Rathbone.= 1812-1881. Essayist. Author of Rocks Ahead,
Enigmas of Life, Literary and Social Judgments, Creed of Christendom,
etc., works of a thoughtful, pessimistic cast. _See Macmillan's Mag.,
June, 1883._ _Pub. Ho._
=Grenville, George, Lord Nugent.= 1788-1850. Author Memorials of
Hampden, Lands Classical and Lay, etc.
=Greville, Sir Fulke, Lord Brooke.= 1554-1628. Poet and philosopher.
Author Life of Sydney, etc. _See Grosart's edition of, 1870._ _See
Ward's Eng. Poets, vol. 1._
=Griffin, Gerald.= 1803-1840. Irish poet and novelist. Author of The
Collegians, etc. _See complete Eng. edition by Griffin, 1857._ _Pub.
Rou. Sad._
=Grindon, Leopold Hartley.= 181 Author Life--its Nature,
Varieties, and Phenomena, The Shakespeare Flora, etc. _Pub. Lip._
=Grosseteste [gr[=o]s-test], Robert.= c. 1175-1253. Bp. London.
Anglo-Norman poet.
=Grote, George.= 1794-1871. Historian. Best known by his Hist. of
Greece, a standard work. _See Life, by Mrs. Grote, 1873._ _Pub. Har.
Lit._
=Grove, George.= 182 Musical critic. Author Dict. of Music and
Musicians, etc. _Pub. Mac._
=Guest, Lady Charlotte.= See Schreiber, Lady Charlotte.
=Gunter, Edmund.= 1581-1626. Mathematical writer. Inventor of the
terms co-sine, co-tangent, etc. The phrase "according to Gunter" arose
from his scale of measurement being the standard one.
=Gurney, Joseph John.= 1788-1847. Philanthropist. Author Notes on
Prison Discipline, and numerous religious works. _Pub. Lip._
=Guthrie [g[)u]th'r[)i]], Thomas.= 1803-1873. Scotch philanthropist.
Author Plea for Ragged Schools, Man and the Gospel, Out of Harness,
etc. _See Life, 1873._ _Pub. Ca._
=Guthrie, Wm.= 1708-1770. Scotch historian. Author Hist. of England,
Hist. of Scotland, etc. His works have been entirely superseded by
later authorities.
=Habington, Wm.= 1605-1654. Poet. An ingenious writer of love poems.
_See Eng. edition by Arber, 1870._ _See Ward's Eng. Poets, vol. 2._
=Hailes, Lord.= See Dalrymple, Sir D.
=Hakluyt [h[)a]k'loot], Richard.= 1553-1616. Chronicler and
geographer. Hakluyt's Voyages is an important collection of narratives
of earlier or contemporary voyages. _See edition of, 5 vols. 4to,
London, 1809-12._
=Hale, Sir Matthew.= 1609-1676. Moral and religious writer. _See Life
by Burnet in Wordsworth's Ecclesiastical Biog._
=Hales, John.= 1584-1656. Polemical writer. Styled "The Ever
Memorable." Chiefly noted for his Golden Remains. _See Life by Des
Maizeaux._
=Hales, Stephen.= 1677-1761. One of the earliest writers on vegetable
physiology.
=Hales, Wm.= 1769-1831. Irish theologian.
=Haliburton, Thos. Chandler.= 1805-1865. Nova Scotian humorist. Author
Sam Slick, etc. _Pub. Di. Har. Hou. Rou._
=Halifax, Earl of.= See Montagu, Chas.
=Halifax, Marquess.= See Saville, George.
=Hall, Mrs. Anna Maria.= 1805-1881. Wife to S. C. H. Irish novelist
and miscellaneous writer. Author Sketches of Irish Character, The
Outlaw, The Whiteboy, etc. _Pub. Har._
=Hall, Basil.= 1798-1844. Scotch writer of travels.
=Hall, Edward.= ---- 1547. Chronicler. A minute and valuable writer.
=Hall, Joseph.= 1547-1676. Bp. Norwich. Theologian and satirist.
Sometimes styled the founder of Eng. satire. A vivacious and excellent
writer. _See edition 1837. See Hannay's Satire and Satirists, and
Ward's Eng. Poets, vol. 1._
=Hall, Newman,= 181 Congregationalist religious writer. Author
Come to Jesus, The Forum and the Vatican, etc. _Pub. Phi. Sh._
=Hall, Robert.= 1764-1831. Baptist religious writer. Author Sermons on
Modern Infidelity, Reflections on War, etc. Style scholarly, eloquent,
and refined. _See Works of, with Memoir, by O. Gregory, 6 vols.,
London; also, Biog. by J. W. Morris, 1846, and Life by Paxton Hood._
=Hall, Samuel Carter.= 180 Miscellaneous writer. Author The
Stately Homes of England, Book of Memories, Retrospect of a Long Life,
etc. _Pub. Apl._
=Hallam, Arthur Henry.= 1811-1833. Poet and essayist. Son to H. H. A
young writer whose loss inspired Tennyson's In Memoriam. _See Remains,
with Life, by his father, 1834; Remains in Verse and Prose, 1862. See
Life, by Dr. John Brown; also, Atlantic Monthly, Dec. 1860._
=Hallam, Henry.= 1777-1859. Historian and critic. Author Hist. Middle
Ages, Constitutional Hist. England, Lit. of Europe, etc. An impartial
writer whose works are of great value, but whose style lacks animation
and freshness. _See H. Martineau's Biographical Sketches._ _Pub. Arm.
Har. Lit._
=Halliwell-Phillips, James Orchard.= 182 Shakespearean scholar.
Editor of Shakespeare, 16 vols. folio, 1865. Author Dict. Archaic
Words, Life of Shakespeare, Last Days of Shakespeare, etc.
=Hamerton [h[)a]m'er-ton], Philip Gilbert.= 183 Art Critic.
Author Thoughts on Art, A Painter's Camp, The Unknown River, The
Intellectual Life, etc. A writer of authority in his department. Style
graceful and refined. _Pub. Mac. Rob._
=Hamilton, Mrs. Elizabeth.= 1758-1816. Scotch writer. Best known by
her Letters of a Hindoo Rajah and The Cottagers of Glenburnie. _See
Chambers' Cyc. Eng. Lit._
=Hamilton, Sir Wm.= 1788-1856. Scotch metaphysician. Author
Discussions on Philosophy, etc. His clear, dignified style is much
admired. _Pub. Apl._
=Hannay, James.= 1827-1873. Novelist and miscellaneous writer. Author
Singleton Fontenoy, Studies on Thackeray, etc. _Pub. Har. Rou._
=Hardy, Thomas.= 184 Novelist. Author Far From the Madding
Crowd, The Return of the Native, A Pair of Blue Eyes, Two on a Tower,
etc. A novelist of high rank. His character-drawing is sharp and
incisive, his studies of peasant life truthful and sympathetic, and
his descriptive passages masterly. _Pub. Ho._
=Hare, Augustus Julius Charles.= 183 Neph. to J. C. H. and A. W.
H. Author Walks in London, Walks in Rome, Days Near Rome, Memorials of
a Quiet Life, etc. _Pub. Por. Ran. Rou._
=Hare, Augustus Wm.= 1793-1834. Author Alton Sermons, etc. _Pub. Ran.
Rou._
=Hare, Francis.= 1688-1740. Bp. Chichester. Controversial writer.
=Hare, Julius Chas.= 1796-1855. Bro. to A. W. H., and with him author
of Guesses at Truth. Author Life of Sterling, Victory of Faith, etc.
_Pub. Dut. Mac._
=Harrington, James.= 1611-1677. Political philosopher. Author of The
Oceana.
=Harrington, John.= 1534-1582. Poet. _See Hannah's Courtly Poets._
=Harrington, Sir John.= 1561-1612. Poet. Son to preceding. First
English translator of Ariosto.
=Harrison, Frederic.= 183 Positivist and philosopher. Author
Order and Progress, The Meaning of History, etc., and translator of
Comte's Social Statics.
=Hartley, David.= 1705-1757. Philosopher. Observations on Man his
chief work.
=Harvey, Gabriel.= 1545-1637. Poet. One of the first to write English
hexameter.
=Harvey, Wm.= 1578-1657. Physician. Discoverer of the circulation of
the blood. _See Works of, edited by the Sydenham Society, London,
1847._
=Havergal, Frances Ridley.= 1836-1879. Author of much devotional
verse. _Pub. Dut. Ran._
=Haweis [hoys], Hugh Reginald.= 183 Religious and miscellaneous
writer. Author Thoughts for the Times, Speech in Season, Current Coin,
Arrows in the Air, Poets in the Pulpit, Unsectarian Family Prayer,
Music and Morals, Pet, or Pastimes and Penalties, Ashes to Ashes, and
My Musical Life. _Pub. Har. Ho._
=Haweis, Mrs. Mary Eliza [Joy].= 185 Wife to H. R. H. Author
Chaucer for Children, Chaucer for Schools, Chaucer's Beads, The Art of
Beauty, The Art of Dress, The Art of Decoration, and Beautiful Houses.
The illustrations and cover designs of her own and her husband's works
are by Mrs. Haweis. _Pub. Har._
=Hay, Mary Cecil.= 184 Novelist. Author of Old Myddleton's
Money, The Arundel Motto, The Squire's Legacy, etc. _Pub. Har._
=Hayley, Wm.= 1745-1820. Poet. Of mediocre ability, but once very
popular. Author Life Wm. Cowper, etc. _See Autobiography, 1823._
=Hayward, Mrs. Eliza.= 1693-1756. Author of The New Utopia, The Female
Spectator, etc. A voluminous writer of miscellaneous works of slight
merit.
=Hazlitt, Wm.= 1778-1830. Critical essayist. Author Table-Talk, Lect.
on Shakespeare, Lect. on the Eng. Poets, etc. His criticisms on art
and the drama are of high order. His style is picturesque and his
imagination rich, but his works are sometimes deficient in moderation
and judgment. _See Life of, by his grandson, 1867._ _Pub. Lip._
=Hazlitt, Wm. Carew.= 184 Grandson to W. H. Litterateur. Author
Hist. Venetian Republic, Memoirs Wm. Hazlitt, Handbook to Early Eng.
Lit. etc.
=Head, Sir Francis Bond.= 1793-1875. Miscellaneous writer. Among his
numerous works Bubbles from the Brunnen of Nassau is one of the best
known. _Pub. Har._
=Heber, Reginald.= 1783-1826. Poet. Bp. Calcutta. A talented writer,
best known by his hymns, viz.: The Missionary Hymn, Holy, Holy, Holy,
and Epiphany. _See Life, by Mrs. Heber, 1830._ _Last Days of Heber, by
Robinson, and Memoirs by Potter and Taylor._
=Hector, Mrs. Annie Alexander. "Mrs. Alexander."= 182 Irish
novelist. Author of The Wooing O't, Her Dearest Foe, The Freres, The
Admiral's Ward, Which Shall It Be, etc. Style fresh, healthful, and
pleasing. _Pub. Ho._
=Helps, Sir Arthur.= 1818-1875. Historian and essayist. Author Hist.
of the Spanish Conquest in America, Realmah, Casimir, Maremma, etc.
His style is quiet and graceful, and Friends in Council, his best
work, is strong and helpful. _Pub. Har. Rob. Rou._
=Hemans [h[)e]m'anz], Mrs. Felicia Dorothea.= 1793-1835. Poet. Without
possessing great force some of her poems have yet taken a firm hold
upon popular sympathies. Casabianca, Graves of a Household, and The
Pilgrim Fathers are examples. Her verse is graceful and sweet, but not
strong. _See Memorials of, by H. F. Chorley, 1836._ _Pub. Lip. Por.
Rou._
=Henry VIII.= 1491-1547. Author of controversial, anti-Lutheran
treatises. _See Brewer's edition of, 1862._
=Henry, Matthew.= 1662-1714. Theologian. Author of a noted Exposition
of the Bible, of which the best edition is that of London, 1869. _See
Lives by Tony and Williams._ _Pub. Ca._
=Henry, Robert.= 1718-1790. Scotch historian. His Hist. of Gt. Britain
was the first to take account of manners and the state of society from
a purely historical basis.
=Henryson, Robert.= fl. c. 1490. Scotch poet. H. wrote the beautiful
pastoral of Robin and Makyne, found in Percy's Reliques. _See Ward's
Eng. Poets, vol. 1._
=Herbert, Lord Edward.= 1581-1648. Historian and theologian. His De
Veritate is a plea for Deism. Style dignified and able. _See
Autobiography, edited by W. D. Howells._ _Pub. Hou._ _See Lord Herbert
de Cherbury by Chas. de Remusat, Paris, 1874._
=Herbert, George.= 1593-1632. Religious poet. Bro. to preceding.
Author of The Temple. His verse is elevated in tone, but marred by
quaint and fantastic conceits. _See Lives, by Walton, 1670, and
Duyckinck, 1858._ _See Grosart's edition, with Memoir, 1875._
=Herbert, Wm.= 1778-1847. Poet. Author of some spirited translations
from the Norse and other tongues, and of some excellent original
poems.
=Herrick, Robert.= 1591-1674. Poet. Author of Hesperides, etc. A
skillful lyrist whose airy gracefulness will always continue to
delight. _See Grosart's complete edition of, 1877; also, Abbey's
Illustrated Selections from, 1882._ _See Ward's Eng. Poets, vol. 2,
and Temple Bar, May, 1883._
=Herschel, Caroline Lucretia.= 1750-1840. Astronomer. Author Catalogue
of Stars. _See Life and Correspondence of, 1876._ _Pub. Apl._
=Herschel, Sir John Frederick Wm.= 1792-1871. Astronomer. Neph. to C.
L. H. Author Study of Nat. Philosophy, Outlines of Astronomy, Physical
Geography, etc. _Pub. Apl. Har. Rou._
=Hervey, Lord John.= 1696-1743. Author Memoirs Reign of George II.
_See edition of, 1848, with Life by J. W. Croker._
=Hervey, James.= 1714-1758. Moralist. Author Meditations, etc. _Pub.
Ca._
=Heylin, Peter.= 1600-1662. Microcosmus is his most noted work.
=Heywood, Jasper.= 1535-1598. Son to J. H. Author of rhymed
translations of Seneca.
=Heywood, John.= 1506-1565. Dramatist. Writer of grotesque Interludes.
=Heywood, Thomas.= ---- 1640. Dramatist. Was a frequent colleague of
other dramatists, and a writer of much talent, with a tender, graceful
style. _See complete edition of, London, 1874, 6 vols._
=Hoadley, Benj.= 1670-1761. Bp. Winchester. Theological writer.
=Hoadley, Benj.= 1706-1757. Dramatist. Son to preceding.
=Hobbes, Thos.= 1588-1679. Philosopher. A profound thinker, whose
Leviathan, a treatise on monarchical government, is his best known
work. _See Molesworth's complete edition of, 16 vols., London, 1845._
=Hogg, James.= 1770-1835. Scotch poet. Called "The Ettrick Shepherd."
Author of The Queen's Wake, etc. Style diffuse, but graceful and
imaginative. _See Collected Works, 1869._
=Holcroft, Thomas.= 1745-1809. Dramatist. Best known by his novel The
Marriage of Figaro, and his famous comedy The Road to Ruin. _See
Memoirs, edited by Hazlitt, 1816._
=Holinshed, Raphael.= ---- c. 1580. Chronicler. From him Shakespeare
drew in part the stories of Cymbeline, Henry VI., Richard II., Richard
III., Henry IV., Henry V., Macbeth, Lear, and Henry VIII.
=Holyoake, George Jacob.= 181 Writer on social science. Author
of The Logic of Facts, Hist. of Cooperation in England, etc. _Pub.
Lip._
=Home, Henry, Lord Kames.= 1696-1782. Scotch philosopher. Author
Elements of Criticism, etc. _See Life, by A. F. Tytler._ _Pub. Por.
Sh._
=Home, John.= 1724-1808. Dramatist. H. wrote the once popular play
Douglas, which contains the famous lines, "My name is Norval," etc.
_See complete works of, with Life, by Mackenzie, 3 vols., 8vo,
Edinburgh, 1822._
=Hone, Wm.= 1779-1842. Satirist. Chiefly known by his compilations;
as, The Every-Day Book, The Table-Book, etc.
=Hood, Edwin Paxton.= 182 Biographer. Author Lives of Wordsworth
and Swedenborg, The Uses of Biography, etc. _Pub. Arm. Do. Lip._
=Hood, Thomas.= 1798-1845. Poet and humorist. A writer whose fame as a
wit has overshadowed his merits as a poet. His style, when not
professedly humorous, is tender and graceful. For moral earnestness
The Bridge of Sighs and The Song of the Shirt cannot be surpassed.
_See E. P. Sargent's edition, Pub. Apl.; also, F. J. Child's edition._
_Pub. Dut. Hon. Por. Put. Rou._
=Hood, Thomas.= 1835-1875. Miscellaneous writer. Son to preceding.
Author of The Rhymster, etc.
=Hook, Theodore Edward.= 1788-1842. A writer of novels of fashion,
inartistic in form, but full of humor. His power of extempore
verse-making was remarkable. _See Life, by Barham, 1848._ _Pub. Rou._
=Hook, Walter Farquhar.= 1798-1875. Neph. to T. E. H. Author Lives
Abps. Cant., Ecclesiastical Biog., Ch. Dict., etc. _See Life and
Letters._ _Pub. Dut._
=Hooker, Joseph Dalton.= 181 Botanist. Son to W. J. H. Author
Student's Flora British Islands, etc. _Pub. Mac._
=Hooker, Richard.= 1553-1600. Theologian. Author The Laws of
Ecclesiastical Polity. The greatest prose writer of the Elizabethan
age. _See Keble's edition, 3 vols._ _Pub. Mac._
=Hooker, Sir Wm. Jackson.= 1785-1865. Botanist. Author British Ferns,
Garden Ferns, British Flora, etc. _Pub. Put._
=Hope, Alex. James Beresford.= 182 Son to T. H. Author of the
Eng. Cathedral in the 19th Cent., Worship in the Church of England,
etc.
=Hope, Thomas.= 1770-1831. Miscellaneous writer. Author Costumes of
the Ancients, Household Furniture, etc., and the famous Oriental tale
Anastasius. _Pub. Har._
=Horne, George.= 1730-1792. Bp. Norwich. Theologian. Author of a noted
Commentary on the Psalms. _Pub. Ca._
=Horne, Richard Hengist.= 180 Dramatic poet. Author Gregory
VII., Cosmo de Medici, Ballads and Romances, Orion, etc. A writer of
much power, whose circle of readers is undeservedly small. _See
Stedman's Victorian Poets._ _Pub. Rob. Rou._
=Horne, Thos. Hartwell.= 1780-1862. Theologian. Best known by his
Introduction to the Scriptures. _Pub. Ca._
=Horne-Tooke, John.= 1736-1812. Philologist. Author The Diversions of
Purley, etc. _See Memoirs, by Hamilton, 1812, Stephens, 1813, Graham,
1828, N. Y._
=Horner Francis.= 1778-1817. Writer on political economy and one of
the founders of the Edinburgh Rev. _See Memoir and Correspondence,
1843._
=Horsley, Samuel.= 1733-1806. Bp. St. Asaph. Theological and
controversial writer of note. _See Works of, 6 vols., London, 1845._
=Houghton, Lord.= See Milnes, R. M.
=Hoveden de [h[=o]v'den], Roger.= fl. c. 1200. Chronicler. _See Bohn's
Antiquarian Library._
=Howard, Henry, Earl of Surrey.= 1515-1547. His verse is mainly
lyrical, his love songs being his best; nevertheless he first
introduced blank verse into Eng. poetry. _See Ward's Eng. Poets, vol.
1._
=Howe, John. 1630-1705.= Theological writer. _See Life, by Rogers,
1836._ _Pub. Dra._
=Howell, James.= 1594-1666. Miscellaneous writer. _See Arber's
reprints of Instructions for Foreign Travel, etc._
=Howitt, Anna Mary.= Dau. to W. H. and M. H. See Watts, Mrs. A. M.
=Howitt, Mrs. Mary Botham.= 179 Wife to W. H. An industrious
author of numerous popular poems, mainly juvenile, of several
excellent prose tales, and of numerous translations from the Swedish,
German, and Danish, the most noted of these being the works of
Fredrika Bremer and Hans Andersen. Her work is characterized by
earnestness and sincerity of purpose. _See the Biograph, Aug. 1880._
_Pub. Alp. Har. Rob. Rou._
=Howitt, Wm.= 1796-1879. Poet and Miscellaneous Writer. A versatile
author whose Rural Life in England, Book of the Seasons, etc., have
been deservedly popular. His wife was co-author with him of many
books. _Pub. Har. Rou._
=Howson, John Saul.= 181 Dean of Chester. Theologian. Author
Life and Epistles of St. Paul [with W. J. Conybeare], Companions of
St. Paul, Metaphors of St. Paul, Miracles of Christ, etc. _Pub. Mac.
Rou._
=Hoyle [hoil], Edward.= 1672-1769. A noted writer upon Games. _Pub.
Lip. Rou._
=Hugesson.= See Knatchbull-Hugesson.
=Hughes, John.= 1677-1720. Poet and essayist. A contributor to The
Spectator.
=Hughes, Thomas.= 182 A popular writer whose School Days at
Rugby, Tom Brown at Oxford, Life of King Alfred, Manliness of Christ,
Scouring of the White Horse, etc., have been widely read. _Pub. Hou.
Mac. Por._
=Hume, David.= 1711-1766. Scottish historian and philosopher. Author
Philosophical Essays, Hist. of England, etc. His style possesses
originality and spirit, but as a historian he is inaccurate. _See Life
and Correspondence of, by T. Hill Burton, Edinburgh, 1847; also Hume,
by T. H. Huxley in Eng. Men of Letters._ _Pub. Har. Lip. Por._
=Hunt, James Henry Leigh.= 1784-1859. Poet and essayist. Francesca da
Rimini and Legend of Florence are his finest poems, but Abou-Ben-Adhem
is the best known. A writer whose happy, genial spirit expresses
itself in his prose and verse. _See Autobiography edited by his son,
1850._ _See Ward's Eng. Poets, vol. 4, and Century Mag. March, 1882._
_Pub. Har. Rob. Rou._
=Hunter, Mrs. Anne.= 1742-1821. Poet. Her lyrics possess much beauty,
and some of them were set to music by Haydn. "My mother bids me bind
my hair" is well known.
=Hurd, Richard.= 1720-1808. Bp. Worcester. Theologian. Author
Dialogues, Sermons, etc. _See edition 1811, 8 vols._
=Hutcheson, Francis.= 1694-1747. Irish metaphysician. Author of a
System of Moral Philosophy, etc. Founder of the Scotch Metaphysical
School.
=Hutchinson, Mrs. Lucy.= 1620-1659. Known to literature by her
admirable Memoirs of her husband first published in 1808.
=Hutton, Richard Holt.= 182 His main work in the London
Spectator. Author Essays, Theological and Literary. _Pub. Har. Mac.
Por._
=Huxley, Thomas Henry.= 182 Naturalist. Author Man's Place in
Nature, Comparative Anatomy, Protoplasm, Lay Sermons, etc. A leader in
modern thought and investigation. _Pub. Apl. Mac._
=Hyde, Edward, Earl of Clarendon.= 1608-1673. Historian. Author Hist.
of the Great Rebellion. His style is defective, but he is fully master
of his subject.
=Inchbald, Mrs. Elizabeth.= 1753-1821. Novelist and dramatist. Her
novels, A Simple Story and Nature and Art were once popular, and some
of her plays are yet acted. The best are Such Things Are, Wives as
They Were and Maids as They Are, and Lovers' Vows. _See Boaden's Life
of, 1833; also Miss Kavanagh's Eng. Women of Letters._ _Pub. Har._
=Ingelow [[)i]n'j[)e]-low], Jean.= 183 Poet and novelist. Her
novels Off the Skelligs, Don John, etc., though popular and
entertaining, are inartistic in construction. Her poetry, though
occasionally obscure, is always graceful and beautiful. Songs of
Seven, The High Tide, and Divided are among the best. _Pub. Rob. Rou._
=Ingleby, Clement Mansfield.= 182 Shakespearean scholar. Author
of Shakespeare--the Man and the Book, View of the Shakespeare
Controversy, etc.
=Inglis, Henry David.= 1795-1835. Scotch writer of travels.
=Ingulphus.= 1030?-1109. A monk to whom was long ascribed the famous
History of the Abbey of Croyland. _See Bohn's Antiquarian Library._
=Ireland, Wm. Henry.= 1777-1835. Shakespearean forger. Author of a
wretched play called Vortigern, which he asserted to be by
Shakespeare. _See Ingleby's Shakespeare, The Man and the Book, Part
2._
=Irons, Wm.= 1812-1883. Theologian. Author of The Whole Doctrine of
Final Causes, Parochial Lect., Sermons for the People, Hymns from the
Hebrew, Athanasius Contoa Mundum, etc. _Pub. Dut._
=Irving, Edward.= 1792-1834. Scotch theologian. Founder of the
Irvingite, or Catholic Apostolic Church. _See Lives by Wilkes and Mrs.
Oliphant; also Carlyle's Reminiscences._
=James I.= King of Scotland. 1394-1437. Poet. The King's Quhair is a
long love poem in 7-line stanzas, and pure and sweet in sentiment.
_See Ward's Eng. Poets, vol. 1._
=James V.= King of Scotland. 1511-1542. Poet. Supposed author of
Peebles to the Play and Christ's Kirk on the Green: comic and
satirical ballads.
=James VI.= of Scotland, I. of England. 1566-1625. Author of some
feeble poetry, a number of theological treatises and a famous
Counterblast Against Tobacco.
=James, George Payne Rainsford.= 1801-1860. Novelist. Author of an
immense number of novels with a strong likeness to each other.
Beginning by imitating Scott, he ended by copying himself. _Pub. Har.
Rou._
=Jameson, Mrs. Anna.= 1797-1860. An able writer who touched upon many
topics. Characteristics of Women, Sacred and Legendary Art, and Diary
of an Ennuyee, are some of her books. Her dissertations upon
Shakespeare's women are keenly appreciative. _See Memoir of, by
Geraldine Macpherson; also H. Martineau's Biographical Sketches._
_Pub. Apl. Har. Hou. Por. Rou._
=Jeaffreson, John Cordy.= 183 Novelist and biographer. Author
Live It Down, The Real Lord Byron, etc. _Pub. Har._
=Jeffrey, Lord Francis.= 1773-1850. Scotch critic and essayist. One of
the founders of the Edinburgh Review. A writer of great merit, but one
whose judgment was often warped by prejudice. _See Life by Lord
Cockburn, 1852._
=Jenkins, Edward.= 183 Political satirist. Author Ginx's Baby,
Lord Bantam, Haverholme, etc. _Pub. Har._
=Jenyns, Soame.= 1704-1787. Moralist. _See complete works of, London,
1790._
=Jephson, Robert.= 1736-1803. Dramatist. The Court of Narbonne and
Duke of Braganza were successful tragedies in their day.
=Jerdan, Wm.= 1782-1869. Journalist. _See Autobiography, 1853._
=Jerrold, Douglas Wm.= 1803-1857. Dramatist and humorist. Black-Eyed
Susan and Rent Day are his best dramas. Of his other works, A Man Made
of Money, Chronicles of Clovernook, and The Caudle Lectures are most
noted. _See Life by his son._ _Pub. Har. Hou. Rou._
=Jerrold, Wm. Blanchard.= 182 Miscellaneous writer. Son to D. W.
J. Author Imperial Paris, Napoleon III., etc.
=Jevons, Wm. Stanley.= 1835-1882. Political economist. Author The
State in Relation to Labor, Methods of Social Reform and other Essays,
Investigations in Currency and Finance, etc. _Pub. Apl. Mac._
=Jewsbury, Geraldine Endsor.= 1821-1880. Novelist and journalist.
Author of Zoe, Half Sisters, Constance Herbert, etc. _Pub. Har._
=Jewsbury, Maria Jane.= Sister to G. E. J. See Fletcher, Mrs.
=Johnson, Samuel.= 1705-1773. Dramatist. Author Hurlothrumbo, etc.
=Johnson, Samuel.= 1709-1784. Lexicographer and miscellaneous writer.
Author of London, a poetical satire, Rasselas, a didactic novel, Lives
of the Poets, Dict. of the Eng. Lang., and numerous other works. His
style is heavy and ponderous, but dignified, sonorous, and peculiarly
his own. He was the greatest literary figure in England between 1745
and 1784. _See Boswell's Life of, edited by J. W. Croker; also Johnson
by Leslie Stephen in Eng. Men of Letters._ _Pub. Har. Le. Lit. Mac._
=Johnston, Arthur.= 1587-1641. Scotch poet. Noted for a fine Latin
translation of the Psalms.
=Johnstone, Charles.= ---- 1800. Novelist. His Adventures of a Guinea
was once popular. _See W. Scott's Lives of Eminent Novelists._
=Jones, Sir Wm.= 1746-1794. Poet, Orientalist, and translator. _See
edition of 1807 with Life._
=Jonson, Ben.= 1574-1637. Dramatist. A robust, dignified writer, more
popular in his day than Shakespeare. Volpone, Silent Woman, Alchemist,
Every Man in his Humor, and Every Man out of his Humor are his best
comedies: Catiline and Sejanus his only tragedies. His pastoral drama,
The Sad Shepherd, is graceful and sweet. _See Cunningham's edition of
Johnson, 1870, and Schlegel's Dramatic Literature._ _Pub. Apl. Rou._
=Jortin, John.= 1698-1770. Ecclesiastical historian.
=Jowett, Benjamin.= 181 Greek scholar. Translator of Plato and
Thucydides. _Pub Scr._
=Junius.= See Francis, Sir Philip.
=Kames, Lord.= See Home, Henry.
=Kavanagh [kav'a-nae' or kav'a-nah'], Julia.= 1824-1877. Irish
novelist. Author Nathalie, Eng. Women of Letters, Beatrice, etc. _Pub.
Apl. Ho._
=Kaye, Sir John Wm.= 1814-1876. Military historian. Author Hist. War
in Afghanistan [1851], Hist. Sepoy War, Lives of Indian Officers,
Essays of an Optimist, etc. _Pub. Lip. Rou._
=Keary, Annie.= 1825-1879. Novelist. Author Castle Daly, A Doubting
Heart, Heroes of Asgard, Clemency Franklyn, etc. _See Memoir of, by
her Sister; also Catholic World, July, 1879._ _Pub. Har. Mac. Por._
=Keats, John.= 1795-1821. Poet. A great master of the music of verse.
The Ode on a Grecian Urn and Ode to a Nightingale are nearly perfect
poems. The Eve of St. Agnes, Isabella, Hyperion and Endymion are
longer poems, full of sensuous richness of expression and intensity of
feeling. _See Rossetti's edition of._ _See Life of, by Lord Houghton._
=Keble [k[)e]b'l], John.= 1792-1866. Religious poet. Author Christian
Year, Lyra Innocentium, etc. Versification musical and refined. _See
Shairp's Studies in Poetry and Philosophy, C. Yonge's Musings over the
Christian Year, Ward's Eng. Poets, vol. 4, and Memoir by J. T.
Coleridge._ _Pub. Dut._
=Keddie, Henrietta=, "Sarah Tytler." 182 Novelist. Author
Citoyenne Jacqueline, What She Came Through, and several valuable
literary and artistic handbooks. _Pub. Har. Rob. Rou._
=Keightley [k[=i]t'l[)i]], Thomas.= 1789-1872. Historian. Author Hist.
England to 1839, Outlines of Hist., Mythology of Ancient Greece, etc.
_Pub. Apl. Har. Lip._
=Kemble, Adelaide.= See Sartoris, Mrs.
=Kemble, Frances Anne.= 181 Poet and miscellaneous writer. _See
Allibone's Dict._ _Pub. Har. Ho._
=Kemble, John Mitchell.= 1807-1857. Anglo-Saxon scholar. Bro to A. K.
and F. A. K. Author of The Saxons in England, etc. A writer of
authority in his department.
=Ken, Thomas.= 1637-1711. Bp. Bath and Wells. Poet. His Morning and
Evening Hymns introduced a simpler, sincerer style of religious
poetry. _See Life, by Duyckinck._
=Kenney, Charles Lamb.= 1823-1881. Dramatist. Author lives of Balzac
and Balfe, etc. _Pub. Rou._
=Kenney, James.= 1780-1849. Dramatist. Author Raising the Wind, etc.
=King, Henry.= 1591-1669. Bp. Chichester. Religious poet.
=Kinglake, Alex. Wm.= 180 Historian. A brilliant and powerful
writer. Author Hist. Crimean War, Eothen, etc. _Pub. Arm. Har._
=Kingsley, Charles.= 1819-1875. Novelist and poet. Author of
Andromeda, the finest Eng. hexameter poem, and the stories, Alton
Locke, Yeast, Westward Ho, Hypatia, At Last, etc. Style forcible but
uneven. _See Life by Mrs. Kingsley, 1876._ _Pub. Apl. Har. Mac. Lip.
Scr._
=Kingsley, Henry.= 1830-1876. Novelist. Bro. to C. K. Author
Ravenshoe, Silcote of Silcotes, Austin Elliott, Hetty, etc. _Pub. Do.
Har. Mac. Rou._
=Kingston, Wm. H. G.= 1843-1880. Author of spirited tales of adventure
for young readers. _Pub. Arm. Cas. Lip. Rou._
=Kitchener, Wm.= 1775-1827. Physician. Author of the Cook's Oracle,
etc. _Pub. Har._
=Kitto, John.= 1804-1854. Author of the Pictorial Bible, Cyc. of
Biblical Lit., etc. _Pub. Ca. Phi._
=Knatchbull-Hugesson, Edward.= 182 Writer for children. Author
Crackers for Christmas and several vols. of fairy tales. _Pub. Apl.
Har. Rou._
=Knight, Charles.= 1791-1873. Shakespearean scholar and miscellaneous
writer. Author of a Pictorial Hist. England, etc. Editor of a
Pictorial Shakespeare, etc. _See Passages from the Life of (pub.
Put.)._ _Pub. Fu. Lip. Por._
=Knight, Richard Payne.= 1750-1824. Poet and antiquary. His verse is
worthless, but his archaeological works are much esteemed. _See
edition, 1874, N. Y._
=Knolles [n[=o]lz], Richard.= 1540-1610. Historian. His Hist. of the
Turks was much praised by Dr. Johnson and Hallam.
=Knowles, Herbert.= 1798-1817. Religious poet.
=Knowles, James Sheridan.= 1794-1862. Irish dramatist. His best
tragedies are Caius Gracchus, Virginius, and Wm. Tell. The Hunchback
is his finest comedy. While his works will not bear severe criticism,
they are popular and among the best acting of modern plays. _See
edition, 1873._
=Knowles, Richard Brinsley.= 1819?-1882. Son to J. S. K. Journalist
and historical writer. Was author of the comedy The Maiden Aunt.
=Knox, Mrs. Craig.= See Craig-Knox.
=Knox, John.= 1505-1572. Scotch theologian. Author Hist. Reformation
in Scotland, and First Blast Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women.
_See Lives by Smeaton, 1572; McCrie, 1812; Niemeyer, 1824; Laing,
1847, and Brandes, 1863._ _See Fraser's Mag. April, 1875; also
Lorimer's John Knox and the Church of England._
=Knox, Vicesimus.= 1752-1821. Essayist. Author Winter Evenings, Family
Lect., etc.
=Knox, Wm.= 1789-1825. Scotch poet. Best remembered for his poem "O
why should the spirit of mortal be proud!" _Pub. Le._
=Kyd, Thomas.= fl. c. 1590. Dramatist. Author Hieronimo, The Spanish
Tragedy, etc. _See Lamb's Dramatic Poets._
=Kynaston, Francis.= 1587-1642. Poet.
=Laffan, May.= 18-- ----. Novelist. Author Hogan, M. P., Flitters,
Tatters and the Counsellor, Christy Carew, and The Honorable Miss
Ferrard. _Pub. Ho. Mac._
=Lang, David.= 1793-1878. Librarian and bibliographer. A literary
student of great diligence, and editor and author of some two hundred
and fifty works.
=Laing, Malcolm.= 1762-1818. Scotch historian. Author Hist. of
Scotland, etc. Style independent and truthful.
=Laing, Samuel.= 1780-1868. Traveler. Author Norway, Tour in Sweden,
etc., and translator of the Heimskringla, or Chronicle of the Kings of
Norway.
=Lamb, Caroline, Lady.= 1785-1828. Novelist. Author Glenarvon, Graham
Hamilton, etc.
=Lamb, Charles.= 1775-1834. Essayist. A humorist who is unsurpassed
for gentleness and purity of style. Essays of Elia, Rosamond Gray, a
tale, John Woodvil, a drama; and Specimens of Old Eng. Dramatists are
his chief works. Among the Essays Dream-Children is the most nearly
perfect. _See Lives by Talfourd, Fitzgerald, and Procter._ _See
Centenary edition of, 1875._ _Pub. Arm. Clx. Har. Lip. Rou._
=Lamb, Mary Anne.= 1765-1847. Sister to C. L. and co-author with him
of Tales from Shakespeare, Poetry for Children, etc. _See W. Carew
Hazlitt's edition of Poems, Letters, etc. of Chas. and Mary_ _Lamb,
1874; and Mary Lamb, by Anne Gilchrist, in Famous Women._
=Landon, Letitia Elizabeth= [Mrs. Maclean], 1802-1838. Poet and
novelist. Her verse is melodious and delicate, but is lacking in
force. _See Poems of, edited by W. B. Scott, 1873._ _See Life by L.
Blanchard, 1841, and Living Age, Jan. 6, 1883._ _Pub. Apl._
=Landor, Walter Savage.= 1775-1864. Poet and prose writer. Author
Gebir, Heroic Idyls, Hellenics, etc., and of numerous prose works, of
which the Imaginary Conversations is the chief. A strong, original
writer, self asserting and unrestrained. _See Forster's Life of,
Stedman's Victorian Poets, Atlantic Monthly, April, May, and June,
1864, and Feb. 1883, H. Martineau's Biographical Sketches, and Landor,
by Colvin, in Eng. Men of Letters._ _Pub. Lip. Rob._
=Lane, Edward Wm.= 1801-1876. Orientalist. Author Modern Egyptians,
Arabic Lexicon, etc., and translator of the Arabian Nights. _Pub.
Lit._
=Lang, Andrew.= 184 Poet. Author Ballads in Blue China, Helen of
Troy, etc. _See Harper's Mag. May, 1882, "Some London Poets."_ _Pub.
Mac._
=Langhorne, John.= 1735-1779. Poet and translator of Plutarch.
=Langland, Wm.= c. 1322-c. 1400. Poet. Author Vision of Piers Plowman,
an allegorical, satirical poem, aimed at the corruptions of the
church. _See edition by Wright, 1856; also Skeat's edition._ _See
Ward's Eng. Poets, vol. 1._ _Pub. Mac._
=Lardner, Dionysius.= 1793-1859. Scientific writer.
=Lardner, Nathaniel.= 1684-1768. Theological writer. _See Collected
Works, with Memoir by Kippis, 1788._
=Latham, Rob't Gordon.= 181 Ethnologist. Author Man and His
Migrations, etc.
=Latimer, Hugh.= c. 1491-1555. Bp. Worcester. Theologian. His Sermons
are rude but forcible and strongly idiomatic discourses. _See Corrie's
edition. London, 4 vols. 8vo, 1845._ _See Life, by Demaus, 1869; and
Tulloch's Leaders of the Reformation._
=Law, Wm.= 1686-1761. Theologian. Author Serious Call to a Higher
Life, etc. _See Life, by Tighe, 1813._
=Lawrence, Geo. Alfred.= 1827-1876. Novelist. Author Guy Livingstone,
Sword and Gown, Sans Merci, Anteros, Maurice Dering, etc. _Pub. Har.
Lip._
=Layamon.= fl. c. 1200. Author The Brut, or Chronicle of Britain, a
famous semi-Saxon poem. Style earnest and simple. _See F. Madden's
edition, 1847._
=Layard [l[=a]-ard], Austen Henry.= 181 Archaeologist. Author
Nineveh and its Remains, Monuments of Nineveh, etc. _Pub. Har._
=Lear, Edward.= 18-- ----. Author Journal of a Landscape Painter,
Nonsense Book, etc. _Pub. Rob._
=Lecky, Wm. Edw. Hartpole.= 183 Irish historian. Author Hist.
Rationalism, Hist. European Morals, Hist. England in the 18th Cent.
etc. A careful, dignified writer who treats of history philosophically.
_Pub. Apl._
=Lee, Frederick George.= 183 Theologian and poet. Author of
Historical Sketches of the Reformation, Lyrics of Life and Light, etc.
_See The Biograph, Aug. 1880._ _Pub. Dut._
=Lee, Harriet.= 1766-1851. Author [with Sophia L.] of the Canterbury
Tales, a series of tales of much power. Byron's Werner is a version of
one of them.
=Lee, Holme.= See Parr, Harriet.
=Lee, Nathaniel.= 1655-1692. Dramatist. Alexander the Great is one of
his tragedies.
=Lee, Sophia.= 1750-1824. Novelist. Sister to H. L. Author of two of
the Canterbury Tales, of several novels, and of the comedy The Chapter
of Accidents.
=Lee, Wm.= 1815-1883. Irish theologian and ecclesiologist. His chief
work is the Donnellan Lect. on the Inspiration of Scripture. A
profound biblical scholar. _Pub. Ca._
=LeFanu, J. Sheridan.= ---- 1874. Novelist. Author All in the Dark,
Tenants of Malory, etc. _Pub. Har._
=Leighton [l[=a]-ton], Rob't.= 1613-1684. Abp. Glasgow. Theologian.
His style is still much admired. _See Pearson's edition, London, 1828,
N. Y. 1859._ _Pub. Ca._
=L. E. L.= See Landon.
=Leland, John.= 1506-1552. Antiquarian. Author The Itinerary, etc.
=Lemon, Mark.= 1809-1870. Journalist, novelist, and dramatist. The
Serious Family is his best known farce. Author Jest Book, etc. _Pub.
Mac._
=Lempriere [l[)e]m'pr[)i]-er, or lem-preer'], John.= 1765-1824.
Scholar of note. Author of a Classical Dict., and a Universal
Biography. _Pub. Lip. Put. Rou._
=Lennox, Mrs. Charlotte.= 1720-1804. Novelist. Author Harriet Stuart
and The Female Quixote.
=Lesley, John.= 1527-1596. Bp. Ross. Scotch historian. _See Thomson's
Edition, 1830._
=Leslie, Chas.= 1650-1722. Irish theologian. Leslie wrote A Short and
Easy Method with the Deists, a controversial work once noted.
=Leslie, Chas. Rob't.= 1794-1859. Artist. Author Handbook for Young
Painters, Memoirs Sir John Constable, Life and Times Sir Joshua
Reynolds, etc. _See Autobiographical Recollection of, edited by Tom
Taylor, 1860._
=L'Estrange [l[)e]s-tr[=a]nj], Sir Roger.= 1616-1704. Political writer
and translator.
=Lever [l[=e]'ver], Chas. James.= 1806-1872. Irish novelist. Author
Harry Lorrequer, Charles O'Malley, etc., rollicking tales not greatly
approved by the present taste. His later novels, like That Boy at
Norcott's, etc., are soberer in tone. _Pub. Har._
=Lewes [l[=u]-is], Geo. Henry.= 1817-1878. Philosopher and critic.
Author Problems of Life and Mind, Life of Goethe, Hist. of Philosophy,
etc. _Pub. Apl. Ho. Hou._
=Lewes, Mrs. G. H.= See Evans, Marian.
=Lewis, Sir Geo. Cornwall.= 1806-1863. Political and historical
writer. _See Letters of, 1870._
=Lewis, Matthew Gregory.= 1775-1818. Novelist. Famous as the author of
The Monk, a fantastic, demoniac tale. _See Life and Correspondence,
1839._
=Leyden [li'den], John.= 1775-1811. Scotch poet and Orientalist. _See
edition of his poems, 1858._
=Liddell [l[)i]d'del], Mrs. Catharine Christina Fraser-Tytler.=
184 Poet and novelist. Author Mistress Judith, Jonathan, Songs
in Minor Keys, etc. _Pub. Ho. Mac._
=Liddell, Mrs. Edward.= See Liddell, Mrs. C.
=Liddell, Henry George.= 181 Classical scholar. Author of a
Hist. of Rome, and co-author with Scott of the noted Greek lexicon
known as Liddell-and-Scott's. _Pub. Har._
=Liddon, Henry, Parry.= 183 Theologian. Author Bampton Lect.
1867, University Sermons, Sermons to the People, etc. A leader of
High Church thought. _Pub. Dut._
=Lightfoot, Joseph Barber.= 182 Bp. Durham. Biblical
commentator. _Pub. Mac._
=Lillo, George.= 1693-1739. Dramatist. Author George Barnwell, Fatal
Curiosity, and Arden of Feversham. A master of dramatic situations.
=Lindsay, Sir David.= 1490-1557. Scotch poet. _See Chalmers' edition
with Life, 1806._ _See Ward's Eng. Poets, vol. 1._
=Lingard, John.= 1771-1859. Historian. Author Hist. England,
Antiquities of the Anglo-Saxon Ch., etc. His history has a high rank
and is valued as a fair statement of facts from a Roman Catholic
standpoint. _Pub. Est._
=Linton, Mrs. Eliza Lynn.= 182 Novelist. Wife to W. J. L. Author
Lizzie Lorton, Sowing the Wind, etc. _Pub. Har. Lip. Rou._
=Linton, Wm. James.= 181 Poet and Engraver. Author Claribel,
Hist. Wood Engraving, Life Thos. Paine, etc. _See Stedman's Victorian
Poets._ _Pub. Est. Le._
=Livingstone, David.= 1817-1873. African explorer. Author Expedition
to the Zambesi, Last Journals, etc. _Pub. Har._
=Lloyd, Chas.= ---- 1839. Poet. Co-author with Chas. Lamb.
=Lloyd, Robert.= 1733-1764. Poet. _See Collected Works with Life, by
Kenrick, 1774._
=Locke, John.= 1632-1704. Philosopher. Author of the famous Essay on
the Understanding, a work of great penetration and power. _See Life by
Fox-Bourne, and Locke, by T. Fowler in Eng. Men of Letters._ _Pub.
Apl._
=Locker, Frederick.= 182 Poet. Author London Lyrics, etc. Style
airy and graceful. _See Century Mag. Feb. 1883._
=Lockhart, John Gibson.= 1794-1854. Scotch critic and biographer. A
writer of much talent and for 27 years editor of the Quarterly Rev.:
author Lives of Nelson, Scott, Burns, Napoleon, etc. _See H.
Martineau's Biographical Sketches._ _Pub. Har. Ho. Hou._
=Lockyer, Joseph Norman.= 183 Astronomer. Author Contributions
to Solar Physics, etc. _Pub. Apl. Mac._
=Lodge, Edmund.= 1756-1839. Historian. Author Illustrations of British
Hist., Portraits of Illustrious Persons of Gt. Britain, etc.
=Lodge, Thomas.= c. 1555-1625. Dramatist and Poet. To his novel
Roslynde; Euphues Golden Legacy, Shakespeare owes the plot and
incidents of As You Like It. _See As You Like It, Rolfe's edition, and
Ward's Eng. Poets, vol. I._
=Logan, John.= 1748-1788. Scotch poet. His verse is fresh and simple,
and his Song to the Cuckoo has great beauty. _See edition 1805, with
Life._
=Long, George.= 1800-1879. Classical scholar. Author Roman Law,
Decline and Fall of the Roman Republic, etc.
=Loudon, Mrs. Jane.= 1800-1858. Wife to J. C. L. Author of The Mummy,
a tale, and several horticultural works. _Pub. Rou. Wil._
=Loudon, John Claudius.= 1783-1843. Scotch horticulturist. His
Arboretum Britannicum is his chief work.
=Lovelace, Sir Richard.= 1618-1658. Poet. His verse is principally
amatory, and some of his songs are perfect of their kind. To Althea
and To Lucasta are the most famous. _See Carew Hazlitt's edition of
1864, and Ward's English Poets, vol. 2._
=Lover, Samuel.= 1797-1868. Irish dramatist, novelist, and poet. Rory
O'More and Handy Andy are his best known novels. His most famous song
is Rory O'More. _See Life by Bayle Bernard, 1874, and Samuel Lover, by
A. J. Symington._ _Pub. Por. Rou._
=Lower, Mark Antony.= 1813-1876. Author Eng. Surnames, Curiosities of
Heraldry, Patronymica Britannica, etc.
=Lowndes, Wm. Thos.= ---- 1843. Bibliographer. Author British
Librarian and The Bibliographer's Manual.
=Lowth [louth], Rob't.= 1710-1787. Bp. London. Son to W. L. A
classical and theological writer of great learning. _See Life, by
Peter Hall, 1834._
=Lowth, Wm.= 1661-1732. Theologian of note.
=Lubbock, Sir John.= 183 Naturalist. Author Origin of
Civilization, Pre-Historic Times, British Wild Flowers, etc. _Pub.
Apl. Mac._
=Lydgate, John.= 1370-1450. Poet. An exceedingly diffuse rhymer. _See
minor works of pub. by the Percy Soc. 1842, and Ward's Eng. Poets,
vol. I._
=Lyell, Sir Chas.= 1797-1875. Geologist. Author Elements of Geology,
Travels in N. America, Antiquity of Man, etc. _Pub. Apl. Har. Lip._
=Lyly or Lily, John.= 1553-1598. Dramatic poet. His dramas are
forgotten, but his prose romance, Euphues and his England, is
remembered for the great influence it had upon the speech of the time.
L. was a reformer, though pedantic and fantastic. Euphuism has been
ridiculed by Sydney, Jonson, Shakespeare, and Walter Scott. _See
Collins's Hist. Dramatic Poetry, Lamb's Specimens Early Eng. Poets,
and Chas. Kingsley's Westward Ho._
=Lyndsay.= See Lindsay, David.
=Lyte, Henry Francis.= 1793-1847. Poet. His hymn, Abide with Me, is
widely known. _Pub. Le. Ran._
=Lyttleton, George, Lord.= 1709-1773. Author Dialogues of the Dead,
Hist. Henry II., etc. _See Life, by Phillimore, 1845._
=Lytton.= See Bulwer-Lytton.
=Macaulay, Mrs. Catherine.= 1733-1791. Historian. Author Hist. of
England during the Stuart dynasty, etc.
=Macaulay, Thos. Babington, Lord.= 1800-1859. Poet, essayist, and
historian. A brilliant but partisan writer. The impetuous rush and
vigor of his Lays of Ancient Rome obscure their poetical defects. His
essays are numerous and cover a wide range. His Hist. of England is a
superb piece of writing but it lacks the calm impartiality that a
history should possess. _See Lines by Milman, F. Arnold and G. O.
Trevelyan; Macaulay, by J. C. Morrison in Eng. Men of Letters; and H.
Martineau's Biographical Sketches._ _Pub. Apl. Arm. Clx. Har. Hou.
Lip. Lit. Por. Rou._
=MacDonald, George.= 182 Scotch novelist and poet. His work is
all of an earnest, religious cast, but marred sometimes by mannerisms
and vagueness of touch. Robert Falconer, Alec Forbes, and St. George
and St. Michael are the best of his numerous novels. Phantastes
contains some of his best poetry. _See Lit. World, May 19, 1883._
_Pub. Apl. Do. Har. Lip. Mac. Rob. Rou. Scr._
=Mackarness, Mrs. Henry.= 1826-1881. Author of the tale A Trap to
Catch a Sunbeam, etc. _Pub. Rou._
=Mackay, Chas.= 181 Scotch poet and miscellaneous writer. Author
Town Lyrics, etc. _See Poems of, edition 1876._ _Pub. Rou._
=Mackay, Wm.= 1803-1882. Philosopher. Author Progress of the
Intellect, Eternal Gospel, etc.
=Mackenzie, Sir George.= 1636-1691. Scotch miscellaneous writer. A
voluminous author of much eminence in his day.
=Mackenzie, Henry.= Scotch novelist and essayist. Author the famous
novel, The Man of Feeling, etc. _See collected works, 1808._ _Pub.
Har._
=Mackintosh, Sir James.= 1765-1832. Ethical and historical writer.
_See Memoirs by his son._ _Pub. Har._
=Macklin, Chas.= 1690-1797. Irish dramatist. Author of the bright
comedy, The Man of the World. M. appeared on the stage as an actor
till nearly 100. _See Memoirs of, 1804._
=Macleod [m[)a]k-lowd'], Norman.= 1812-1872. Scotch miscellaneous
writer. Author of The Starling, Reminiscences of a Highland Parish,
etc. _See Life by his brother, and Memoir by Alex. Strahan._ _Pub. Do.
Lip. Rou._
=Macneil, Hector.= 1746-1818. Scotch poet. Author Will and Jean, etc.
=Macpherson, James.= 1738-1796. Scotch poet. Supposed author of a
series of poems purporting to be by Ossian, an ancient Gaelic bard.
These forgeries were immensely popular in spite of their wild and
over-strained diction. M. never revealed the secret of their
authorship. _See H. Morley's Shorter Eng. Poems._
=Macquoid, Mrs. Katherine S.= 18-- ----. Novelist. Author Patty, Beside
the River, Too Soon, etc., and several vols. of travel, Through
Normandy, Through Brittany, etc. _Pub. Apl. Har. Lip. Mac. Ran. Rou._
=Madden, Richard Robert.= 179 Poet and miscellaneous writer.
Author The Infirmities of Genius, etc.
=Magee, Wm.= 1765-1831. Abp. Dublin. Theologian. His best known work
is the Discourses on the Atonement. _See complete works, 1842._
=Magee, Wm. Connor.= 182 Bp. Peterborough. Grandson to Wm. M.
Religious writer. Author Sermons, Lectures, etc. Style eloquent and
forcible.
=Maginn, Wm.= 1793-1842. Irish humorist. Style learned, witty, and
brilliant. _See Works, edited by R. S. Mackenzie, 5 vols., N. Y.
1857._ _Pub. Wid._
=Mahaffey, John Peytland.= 183 Author Hist. Classical Greek
Lit., Old Greek Life, Rambles and Studies in Greece, Greek Social
Life, Old Greek Education, etc. _Pub. Apl. Har. Mac._
=Mahoney, Francis=, "Father Prout." 1805-1866. Irish poet and
journalist. M. wrote the noted poem, The Bells of Shandon.
=Maine, Sir Henry James Sumner.= 182 Jurist. Author Roman Law,
Ancient Law, Village Communities, Early Hist. of Institutions, etc.
_Pub. Ho._
=Maitland, Edward.= 18-- ----. Novelist. Author The Higher Law, The
Pilgrim and the Shrine, and By-and-By. _Pub. Put._
=Maitland, Sir Richard.= 1496-1586. Scotch poet.
=Malcolm, Sir John.= 1769-1833. Diplomatist. Author Hist. of Persia,
Political Hist. India, Life of Lord Clive, etc. _See Kaye's Life of,
London, 1856._
=Mallet, David.= 1700-1765. Scotch poet. Author Ballads, etc.
=Mallock, Wm. Hurrel.= 184 Novelist. Author Is Life Worth
Living, The New Republic, Positivism on an Island, Romance of the 19th
Cent., etc. A writer of much force and originality.
=Malmesbury, Wm. of.= 1095?-1143. Anglo-Norman historian.
=Malone, Edmund.= 1741-1812. Shakespearean scholar. Editor of the
edition of 1790. _See Life, by Prior, 1860._
=Malory, Sir Thomas.= 1430?-1496. Author or translator of the famous
romance, The Morte d'Arthur. _Pub. Mac._
=Malthus, Thos. Robt.= 1766-1834. Political economist. Author of a
celebrated Essay on the Principle of Population. _See Life, by Otter,
1836._
=Mandeville, Bernard.= 1670-1733. Philosopher. Author of the noted
Fable of the Bees, or Private Vices Public Benefits, etc. _See Craik's
Eng. Lit. vol. 2._
=Mandeville, Sir John.= 1300-1372. "The first writer in formed
English." He traveled extensively and wrote an entertaining account of
his travels.
=Manley, Mrs. Mary de la Riviere.= 1672-1724. Novelist and dramatist.
She wrote the noted political satire, The New Atlantis.
=Manners, John Lord.= 181 Poet. Author England's Trust, English
Ballads, etc.
=Manning, Anne.= 180 Novelist. Author Mary Powell, Household of
Sir Thos. More, Passages in the Life of the Faire Gospeller, etc.
_Pub. Do._
=Manning, Henry Edw., Cardinal.= 180 Theologian. Author Temporal
Power of the Pope, Parochial Sermons, The Vatican Decrees, etc. _See
Century Mag. May, 1883._ _Pub. Apl. Sad._
=Mannyng, Robert.= fl. c. 1340. Rhyming chronicler.
=Mansel, Henry Longueville.= 1820-1871. Philosopher. Author The Limits
of Religious Thought, Philosophy of Consciousness, Bampton Lect.,
1858, etc. _Pub. Apl. Mac._
=Mant, Richard.= 1776-1848. Bp. Killaloe. Religious writer. Author
Poems, Hist. Ch. of Ireland, etc.
=Mantell, Gideon Algernon.= 1790-1852. Geological writer of note.
Author Thoughts on a Pebble, Medals of Creation, etc.
=Map=, or =Mapes, Walter=. 1150-1196. Anglo-Norman poet and romancer.
=Marlowe, Christopher.= 1564-1593. Dramatist and poet. The greatest
dramatist before Shakespeare. His Tamburlaine was the first blank
verse play acted. Faustus, Jew of Malta, and Edward II. are powerful
dramas. The influence of Marlowe is traceable in several of
Shakespeare's plays. _See editions by Cunningham and Dyce._ _See
Schlegel's Dramatic Lit._ _Pub. Mac. Rou._
=Marryatt, Frederick.= 1792-1849. Marine novelist. Peter Simple, Jacob
Faithful, and Midshipman Easy are among the best of his novels. They
are lively, inartistic tales, full of broad fun and drollery. _See
Life, by his daughter Florence, 1872._ _Pub. Apl. Har. Lip. Rob._
=Marryatt, Florence.= See Ross-Church, Mrs.
=Marsh, Mrs. Anne Caldwell.= ---- 1874. Novelist. Author Ravenscliffe,
Emilia Wyndham, Lettice Arnold, etc. _Pub. Har._
=Marsh, Herbert.= 1757-1839. Bp. Peterborough. A profound writer on
politics and divinity. Author of a noted Hist. of the Politics of Gt.
Britain and France.
=Marston, John.= 1575-1634. Dramatist and satirist. _See Halliwell's
edition, 3 vols., London, 1856._
=Marston, Philip Bourke.= 185 Poet. Son to W. M. Author
Song-Tide, All in All, etc., and of numerous sketches and tales. His
verse is strongly subjective in tone. _See Stedman's Victorian Poets._
=Marston, Westland.= 182 Dramatist and poet. The Patrician's
Daughter is one of his best plays.
=Martin, Theodore.= 181 Translator and biographer. Author of
Life of the Prince Consort, etc., and with W. E. Aytoun of the Bon
Gualtier Ballads. _See The Biograph, Jan. 1879._ _Pub. Apl. Por._
=Martineau, Harriet.= 1802-1876. Miscellaneous writer. Her
illustrations of political economy are in the form of fiction.
Deerbrook and The Hour and the Man are her most noted romances. Style
strong, clear, and original. _See Autobiography, 1876._ _Pub. Har. Ho.
Mac. Por. Rob. Rou._
=Martineau, James.= 180 Theologian. Bro. to H. M. A leader of
Unitarian thought. Author Studies of Christianity, Hymns of Praise and
Prayer, Religious and Modern Materialism, Endeavors after a Christian
Life, etc. _Pub. Ho. Put. Rob. A. U. A._
=Marvell, Andrew.= 1620-1678. Poet and controversialist. As the former
he ranks among the first of the minor poets of his time. His fancy is
delicate and quaint. _See Ward's Eng. Poets, vol. 2._ _Pub. Har._
=Marzials, Theophile.= 185 Poet and musician. Author of The
Gallery of Pigeons, etc. Of his songs Twickenham Ferry is one of the
best known. _See The Biograph, March, 1880._
=Mason, Wm.= 1725-1797. Poet. His verse is wordy and feeble.
=Massey, Gerald.= 182 Poet. Author Babe Christabel, Craigcrook
Castle, etc. His verse has more sweetness than strength. _See
Stedman's Victorian Poets._
=Massinger [m[)a]s's[)i]n-j[)e]r], Philip.= 1584-1640. A writer of
much power whose style is clear and flexible. The Virgin Martyr, Fatal
Dowry, City Madam, and A New Way to Pay Old Debts, are his finest
plays. The latter is often acted. _See Works of, edited by Gifford, 4.
vols._
=Masson, David.= 182 Scotch biographer and critic. Author
British Novelists, Biographical and Critical Essays, Recent British
Philosophy, etc. His chief work is a Life of Milton, a book of great
merit and ability. _See The Biograph, vol. 3._ _Pub. Mac. Apl._
=Mathers, Helen.= See Reeves, Mrs.
=Mathias, Thos. James.= 1776-1835. Supposed author of the poem The
Pursuits of Literature.
=Maturin [m[)a]t-yoo'r[)i]n], Chas. Robert.= 1782-1824. Irish
novelist. Author Melmoth, an extravagant romance, and the tragedy of
Bertram.
=Maurice [maw'r[)i]ss], John Frederic Denison.= 1805-1872. Theologian
and ethical writer. A prominent Broad Church clergyman, writing much
and well upon theology, philosophy, and other subjects. A Hist. Moral
and Metaphysical Philosophy is his chief work. Others are Theological
Essays, The Bible and Science, and the Friendship of Books. _Pub. Le.
Mac._
=Maxwell, James Clerk.= 183 Scientific writer of note. _Pub.
Apl. Mac._
=Maxwell, Mrs. Mary E. [Braddon].= 183 Novelist. A writer of
sensational tales, among which Aurora Floyd is the most famous. Her
latest novels show a greatly improved style. _Pub. Har._
=Maxwell, Wm. Hamilton.= 1794-1850. Irish novelist. His fiction is
military in character. _Pub. Rou._
=Maxwell, Sir Wm. Stirling.= 1818-1878. Author The Cloister Life of
Chas. V., Velasquez and his Works, etc.
=May, Sir Thos. Erskine.= 181 Historian. Author Constitutional
Hist. England, Hist. Democracy in Europe, etc. Style careful and
thoughtful. _See Lit. World, April, 1878, and The Biograph, March,
1880._ _Pub. Arm. Wid._
=Mayhew, Augustus.= 1812-1875. Litterateur.
=Mayhew, Edward.= 181 Veterinary writer. Bro. to A. M. Author
Illustrated Horse Doctor, etc. _Pub. Apl. Lip. Rou._
=Mayhew, Henry.= 1812-1876. Bro. to two preceding. Author London Labor
and London Poor, German Life and Manners and numerous humorous works.
_Pub. Har. Rou._
=Mayhew, Horace.= 1819-1872. Humorist. Bro. to three preceding. Author
Letters Left at the Pastry Cook's, etc.
=Mayhew, Thomas.= 181 Bro. to four preceding. Editor of the
Penny National Library.
=Mayne, John.= 1761-1836. Scotch poet. Author of The Siller Gun, Logan
Braes, etc.
=Mayo, Mrs. Isabella Fyvie=, "Edward Garrett." 184 Religious
novelist. Author By Still Waters, Occupations of a Retired Life, Gold
and Dross, etc. _Pub. Do._
=McCarthy, Denis Florence.= 1820-1880. Poet and miscellaneous writer.
Author Ballads, Poems, and other Lyrics, etc., and translator of the
dramas of Calderon.
=McCarthy, Justin.= 183 Novelist and historian. Author Linley
Rochford, Dear Lady Disdain, etc., and of a valuable Hist. of Our Own
Times. Style graphic and forcible. _Pub. Har._
=McCulloch, John Ramsay.= 1789-1864. Political economist. Author
Principles of Political Economy, Dict. of Commerce, Statistical
Account of the British Empire, etc.
=Melmoth, Wm.= 1710-1799. Translator of Pliny. Author Laelius, or
Friendship, etc.
=Melville, Sir James.= 1535-1606. Scotch writer. Author Historical
Memoirs.
=Melville, J. G. Whyte.= 1821-1878. Novelist. Author Kate Coventry,
The White Rose, Katerfelto, etc. Style rapid and spirited. _Pub. Apl.
Por._
=Meredith, Owen.= See Bulwer-Lytton, E. R.
=Merivale, Chas.= 1808-1874. Historian. Author Hist. Latin
Christianity, Fall of the Roman Republic, Hist. of the Romans under
the Empire, etc. A writer of much ease and dignity of style, whose
historical estimates are careful and valuable. _Pub. Apl. Har. Rou._
=Merivale, Herman.= 1806-1874. Historical writer. Bro. to C. M.
=Merrick, James.= 1720-1769. Poet. His poem The Chameleon is well
known.
=Miall, Edward.= 1809-1881. Political writer. Author Ethics of
Non-Conformity, The Voluntary Principle, etc.
=Mickle, Wm. Julius.= 1734-1788. Scotch poet. His poem, Cumnor Hall,
suggested Scott's Kenilworth. _See Works of, 1808._
=Middleton, Conyers.= 1683-1750. Theologian. M. wrote a Life of Cicero
and a Free Inquiry into the Miraculous Powers of the Church.
=Middleton, Thomas.= 1570-1627. Dramatist. The Witch of Edmonton, a
tragi-comedy, is his most noted play. _See Dyce's edition, 1840._
=Mill, James.= 1773-1836. Scotch historian and philologist. Author of
an impartial Hist. British India, Analysis of the Mind, etc.
=Mill, John Stuart.= 1806-1873. Philosopher. Son to J. M. A profound
but cold thinker and writer. Author System of Logic, Political
Economy, Liberty, Subjection of Women, etc. _See Autobiography,
Table's Eng. Lit., and Caroline Fox's Memories of old Friends._ _Pub.
Apl. Har. Ho. Lit._
=Miller, Hugh.= 1802-1856. Geologist. Author Old Red Sandstone,
Footprints of the Creator, etc., works which greatly helped to
popularize the study of geology. _See Life, by Peter Bayne._ _Pub.
Ca._
=Miller, Thomas.= 180 Poet and novelist. Author Rural Sketches,
Country Scenes, Fair Rosamond, Songs for British Riflemen, etc. _Pub.
Rou._
=Milman, Henry Hart=. 1791-1868. Poet and historian. M. was author of
Fazio, a successful drama, of an excellent Hist. of the Jews, of
numerous poems, and editor of an annotated Gibbon. _Pub. Arm. Har.
Lit. Por. Put. Rou._
=Milnes [milnz], Richard Monckton, Lord Houghton.= 180 Poet and
litterateur. Author Poems of Many Years, Life of Keats, etc. _See
Stedman's Victorian Poets._ _Pub. Rob._
=Milton, John.= 1608-1674. Poet. His literary life sharply defines
itself into 3 periods; in the first, 1626-1640, he wrote the poems
L'Allegro, Il Penseroso, the Pastoral of Comus, and the elegy Lycidas.
During the second, 1640-1660, he wrote prose treatises, mainly
controversial, such as the Areopagitica, and his sonnets. After 1660
came the great epics, Paradise Lost, and Paradise Regained, and the
choral drama Samson Agonistes. A great artist, he created the Eng.
epic, infusing it with his own severe strength and dignity. He had no
humor or feeling for dramatic situation but he could be both graceful
and tender as his early poems show. He was the great Puritan poet. Of
the numerous Lives of Milton the best are, _Masson's and Mark
Pattison's Milton in Eng. Men of Letters. Pickering's, Rossetti's and
Masson's are among the best editions of his poems. For complete
edition of his prose works see Bohn's Standard Library._ _See Hines's
Study of Paradise Lost._ _Pub. Mac._
=Minto, Wm.= 184 Litterateur. Author Characteristics of Eng.
Poets, from Chaucer to Shirley, Manual of Eng. Prose Lit., Defoe in
Eng. Men of Letters, etc. _Pub. Har._
=Mitford, John.= 1781-1859. Poet and critic.
=Mitford, Mary Russell.= 1786-1855. Miscellaneous writer. Author of
the tragedies Julian, Rienzi, Foscari, etc., and the charming series
of those sketches entitled Our Village. _See Fields' Yesterdays with
Authors, and The Friendships of Mary Russell Mitford._ _Pub. Har._
=Mitford, Wm.= 1744-1827. Historian. Author Hist. of Greece, etc. _See
Life, by Lord Redesdale._
=Mivart, St. George.= 182 Naturalist. Author The Genesis of
Species, Contemporary Evolution, The Cat, etc. _Pub. Apl. Mac. Scr._
=Moberly, Geo.= 180 Bp. Salisbury. Religious writer. _Pub. Dut._
=Moir [moi'[e^]r], David Macbeth.= 1798-1851. Scotch poet and
novelist.
=Molesworth, Mrs. Mary Louisa [Stewart]=, "Ennis Graham." 184
Scotch novelist. Author of the novels Hathercourt and Miss Bouverie,
and of numerous excellent juvenile works of which The Cuckoo Clock,
Carrots, and The Tapestry Room are well-known examples. _See The
Spectator, Jan. 1880, Jan. 1881, and Jan. 1882._ _Pub. Har. Ho. Mac.
Rou._
=Monboddo, Lord.= See Burnet, James.
=Montagu, Chas. Earl of Halifax.= 1661-1715. Poet. Co-author with
Prior of The City Mouse and the Country Mouse, and author of
miscellaneous poems. _See Johnson's Lives of the Poets._
=Montagu, Mrs. Elizabeth.= 1720-1800. Founder of the Blue Stocking
Club and author of a once famous essay on the Genius of Shakespeare.
_See Doran's A Lady of the Last Century._
=Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley.= 1690-1762. Famous for her brilliant and
satirical Letters. _See Letters of, edited by Mrs. S.J. Hale, N. Y.,
1856._
=Montgomery [m[o^]nt-g[)u]m-[)e]r-[)i]], James.= 1771-1854. Scotch
poet. His verse is not strong, but some of his hymns are general
favorites. _See Critical Essays, by A. K. H. Boyd._ _Pub. Hou. Rou._
=Montgomery, Robert.= 1808-1855. Poet. Author Satan, etc. Style
stilted, showy, and unnatural. _See Macauley's Miscellaneous Essays._
=Montrose, Marquis of.= See Grahame, James.
=Moore, Edward.= 1712-1757. Dramatist. Author of the tragedy, The
Gamester.
=Moore, John.= 1730-1802. Scotch novelist. Author Zeluco, Edward,
Mordaunt, etc. _See Works, with Memoir, 7 vols., Edinburgh, 1820._
=Moore, Thomas.= 1779-1852. Irish poet. Author of Irish Melodies,
which take high rank as lyrics, Lalla Rookh, a vol. of brilliant and
showy oriental poetry, and of much other verse, as well as several
prose works. Though by no means a great poet, he has always been a
popular one. _See R. H. Montgomery's Life of, 1850; also Earl
Russell's edition of Moore's Diary._ _Pub. Apl. Arm. Clx. Har. Hou.
Le. Lip. For. Rou. Scr._
=More, Hannah.= 1745-1833. Dramatist and ethical writer. Author of
Percy, a drama, and of numerous popular moral tales, of which The
Shepherd of Salisbury Plain is the most famous. _See complete works,
1853._ _See Lives by Shaw, Roberts, Thompson, and Smith._ _Pub. Ca.
Har. Lip._
=More, Henry.= 1614-1687. Philosopher. A writer whose mystical
theories are expressed in a clear, limpid style.
=More, Sir Thomas.= 1480-1530. Philosopher. His famous prose romance,
The Utopia, embodies many of his philosophical views. _See Life by Sir
James Mackintosh._ _Pub. Mac._
=Morell, Thomas.= 1703-1784. Philologist. Author of the text of the
Oratorios of Joshua and Judas Maccabaeus.
=Morgan, Lady Sydney Owenson.= 1783-1859. Irish novelist. Author Wild
Irish Girl, Absenteeism, etc. A voluminous author, spirited but
wanting in refinement.
=Morier, James.= 1780-1849. Oriental novelist. Hajji Baba is his most
noted work. _Pub. Rou._
=Morley, Henry.= 182 Author Hist. Eng. Lit., Tables of Eng.
Lit., Journal of a London Playgoer, Life of Palissy the Potter, etc.
_Pub. Cas._
=Morley, John.= 183 Essayist and biographer. Author Lives of
Voltaire and Rousseau, Limits of the Historic Method, On Compromise,
Burke on Eng. Men of Letters, etc. _Pub. Apl. Har._
=Morris, Wm.= 183 The Defence of Guinevere, Life and Death of
Jason, and The Earthly Paradise are his chief poems. His verse is
mainly classical or mediaeval in subject and epic in form. _See
Stedman's Victorian Poets and Swinburne's Essays and Studies._ _Pub.
Rob._
=Mortimer, Mrs. Favell Lee.= 1802-1878. Religious writer. Author
Reading Without Tears, Peep of Day Series, etc. _Pub. Ca. Har. Hou._
=Morton, Thomas.= 1764-1838. Dramatist. Author Speed the Plough,
Secrets Worth Knowing, etc. _See Gentleman's Mag. Dec. 1838._
=Moss, Thomas.= 1740-1808. Poet. Author of the famous poem beginning
"Pity the sorrows of a poor Old Man."
=Motherwell, Wm.= 1797-1858. Scotch poet. Jeanie Morrison, The
Cavalier's Song, and others of his ballads possess great lyric beauty.
_See edition 1849._
=Mozley, James Bowling.= 1813-1878. Theologian. Author Lect. on the
Miracles, On Subscription to the Articles, Sermons, Essays,
Historical, Theological, etc. A clear, masterly thinker. _Pub. Dut._
=Mozley, Thomas.= 180 Bro. to J. B. M. Author Reminiscences of
Oriel College and the Oxford Movement. _Pub. Hou._
=Mudie [moo'd[)i] or m[=u]'d[)i]] Robert.= Scotch naturalist. Author
of some 90 vols. mainly on natural history; British Birds is his most
important work. _Pub. Har._
=Muller, Friedric Max.= 182 German philologist. Author Chips
from a German Workshop, Science of Lang., Hist. Ancient Sanskrit Lit.,
etc. _Pub. Mac. Scr._
=Muloch, Dinah Maria.= See Craik, Mrs.
=Munday, Anthony.= 1553-1633. Dramatist. _See Carew Hazlitt's Early
English Literature._
=Murchison, Sir Roderick I.= 1792-1871. Geologist of note. _See
Memoirs of, by Geikie, 2 vols., London, 1874._
=Mure, Wm.= 1799-1860. Scotch historian. Author Critical Hist., Lang.
and Lit. of Ancient Greece, The Calendar of the Zodiac of Ancient
Egypt, etc.
=Murphy, Arthur.= 1730-1805. Dramatist. Of his 23 plays The Grecian
Daughter and The Way to Keep Him were the most popular.
=Murray, Alexander.= 1775-1813. Scotch philologist. Author Hist.
European Languages.
=Murray, Hugh.= 1779-1841. Scotch geographer. Author of the
Encyclopedia of Geography, etc. _Pub. Har._
=Myers, Ernest.= 18-- ----. Poet. Author of The Puritans, The Defence
of Rome, and other Poems, etc. _Pub. Mac._
=Myers, Frederic Wm. Henry.= 184 Poet and litterateur. Author of
St. Paul, a poem, The Renewal of Youth and other Poems, Wordsworth in
Eng. Men of Letters, and Essays Modern and Classical. A thoughtful
writer, possessing a graceful and scholarly style. _Pub. Har. Mac.
Ran._
=Nabbes, Thomas.= 1600-1645. Dramatist.
=Nairne, Baroness.= See Oliphant, Carolina.
=Napier, Admiral Sir Chas.= 1786-1860. Military historian. Cousin to
Sir C. J. N. Author Hist. Baltic Campaign, etc. _See Life and
Correspondence, 1862._
=Napier, Gen. Sir Chas. James.= 1782-1853. Author Lights and Shadows
of Military Life, Hist. Ionian Islands, etc. _See Life and Opinions
of, 4 vols., London, 1857._
=Napier, Capt. Henry Edward.= 1789-1853. Historian. Bro. to Sir C. J.
N. Author of a valuable Hist. of Florence in 7 vols. Style easy and
flowing.
=Napier, John.= 1550-1617. Scotch mathematical writer. Inventor of
logarithms.
=Napier, Macvey.= 1776-1847. Scotch writer. Editor of the supplement
and 7th edition of the Encyc. Brit. and for 17 years editor of the
Edinburgh Rev.
=Napier, Mark.= 179 Biographer. Author Memorials of Montrose,
Life and Times of Montrose, etc.
=Napier, Gen. Sir Wm. Francis Patrick.= 1785-1860. Military historian.
Bro. to Sir. C. J. N. and H. E. N. His great work is the Hist. of the
Peninsular War, a work of great value, possessing a perennial charm.
_See H. Martineau's Biographical Sketches, and Life by H. A. Bruce,
1863._ _Pub. Arm. Rou._
=Nares, Edward.= 1762-1841. Elements of General Hist. and the novel,
Thinks I to Myself, are among his chief works.
=Nares, Robert.= 1753-1829. Critical and theological writer. Cousin to
E. N.
=Nash, Thomas.= 1577-1600. Dramatist. Author Summer's Last Will and
Testament, and of many brilliant satirical pamphlets. _See edition of
Pierre Penniless, with Life of Nash by Collier, 1842._
=Neville, Henry.= 1620-1694. Political philosopher. Author of Plato
Redivivus, a dialogue concerning government.
=Newcastle, Margaret, Duchess of.= 1624-1673. An untiring writer of
tasteless works in verse and prose. _See Poems of, edited by E.
Brydges, 1813._
=Newcome, Wm.= 1729-1800. Abp. Armagh. Theologian. Author Harmony of
the Gospels, etc.
=Newman, Francis Wm.= 180 Miscellaneous writer. Author of
Phases of Faith, etc. He has written largely on religious topics from
a rationalistic standpoint.
=Newman, Cardinal John Henry.= 180 Theologian. Bro. to F. W. N.
Author Tract No. 90, Parochial Sermons, Theory of Religious Belief,
The Grammar of Assent, Apologia Pro Vita Sua, Poems, etc. The Apologia
is one of the very finest of autobiographies. Style clear, polished,
and logical. _See Century Mag. June, 1882._ _Pub. Cath._
=Newton, Sir Isaac.= 1642-1727. Mathematical philosopher. A writer of
clear, comprehensive intellect, Author of the Principia and a valuable
treatise on Optics, etc. _See Brewster's Life of._ _Pub. Mac._
=Newton, John.= 1722-1807. Devotional writer. Co-author with Cowper of
the Olney Hymns. _See Works of London, 6 vols. 8vo, 1816._
=Nichol, John.= 183 Scotch litterateur. Author Sketch Am. Lit.,
the drama of Hannibal, Tables of European Lit. and Hist., and a
brilliant monograph on Byron in Eng. Men of Letters. _See Lit. World.
Feb. 24, 1883._ _Pub. Apl. Har._
=Nichol, John Pringle.= 1804-1859. Astronomer. Author The Solar
System, The Stellar Heavens, Dict. Physical Sciences, etc.
=Nicholas, Thomas.= 1820-1879. Ethnologist and historian. Author
Pedigree of the Eng. People, Hist. of Wales, etc.
=Nicholson, Wm.= 1655-1727. Abp. Cashel. Antiquarian writer.
=Nicol, Henry.= 1845-1881. Philologist. Author Hist. Eng. Sounds.
=Nicolas, Sir Nicholas Harris.= 1799-1848. Genealogist. Author Hist.
Orders of Knighthood of the Brit. Empire, etc.
=Nicoll, Robert.= 1814-1837. Scotch poet.
=Noel-Fearn, Henry= [Christmas]. 1811-1868. Miscellaneous writer.
Author Science and History, Preachers and Preaching, etc.
=Norris, John.= 1657-1711. Platonic philosopher. Author Theory of the
Ideal World, etc.
=North, Christopher.= See Wilson, John.
=Norton, Mrs. Caroline Elizabeth Sheridan= [Lady Maxwell]. 1808-1877.
Poet and novelist. Her verse has much grace and intensity of feeling.
Bingen on the Rhine is her most quoted poem. _Pub. Har. Lip. Mac.
Ran._
=Norton, Thomas.= 1532-1584. Dramatist. Co-author with Sackville of
the tragedy Ferrex and Porrex, and assistant of Sternhold and Hopkins
in their metrical version of the Psalms.
=Nugent, Lord.= See Grenville, George.
=Occam, Wm. of.= 1270-1347. Philosopher. Defender of the doctrine of
Nominalism and the greatest logician of the Middle Ages.
=Occleve, Thos.= c. 1370-1454. Poet. His verse has little merit.
=O'Hare, Kane.= 1722-1782. Irish dramatist.
=O'Keefe, John.= 1747-1833. Irish dramatist. The best of his numerous
plays and operas, some of which are still acted, is Wild Oats.
=Oldham, John.= 1653-1683. Poet. Author of Satires against the
Jesuits. Style spirited and forcible. _See Ward's Eng. Poets, vol. 2._
=Oldmixon, John.= 1673-1742. Dramatist and historian. His plays and
histories are of slight value, and his chief title to remembrance is
Pope's satire upon him in The Dunciad.
=Oldys, Wm.= 1696-1761. Biographer and antiquarian. Best known by his
famous little poem, The Fly and the Cup of Ale.
=Oliphant, Carolina, Baroness Nairne.= 1766-1845. Scotch poet. Her
songs, such as Land o' the Leal, Caller Herrin', etc., take a high
rank. _See Complete Works, with Life by C. Rogers, Edinburgh, 1869._
=Oliphant, Laurence.= 182 Satirist and miscellaneous writer.
Author of Piccadilly, a Fragment of Contemporaneous Biography, Tender
Recollections of Irene McGillicuddy, Altiora Peto, etc. _Pub. Apl.
Har._
=Oliphant, Mrs. Margaret.= 182 Novelist. Author of a long series
of novels, all good, and some very fine, and much well written
biography. Her style is even, her turns of expression felicitous and
her character drawing truthful. The Perpetual Curate, Chronicles of
Carlingford, Zaidee, Harry Joscelyn, Son of the Soil, Lady Jane, The
Little Pilgrim, and the Literary Hist. of England are some of her best
books. Few authors have written so much and so uniformly well. _Pub.
Apl. Har. Ho. Lip. Mac. Por._
=O'Meara, Barry Edward.= 1780-1836. Napoleonic writer. Author Letters
from St. Helena, Memoirs of Napoleon, Napoleon in Exile, etc. _Pub.
Arm. Wid._
=Opie, Mrs. Amelia= [Alderson]. 1769-1853. Novelist and poet. Father
and Daughter is her best novel, The Orphan Boy her most familiar poem.
Style simple and pathetic. _See Miss Brightwell's Life of, London,
1834, and H. Martineau's Biographical Sketches._ _Pub. Ca._
=Orme, Robert.= 1728-1801. Historian. Hist. British in India, etc.
=O'Shaughnessy [o'shaw'n[)e]-s[)i], Arthur W. E.= 1844-1881. Author
Songs of a Worker, Lays of France, Music and Moonlight, etc. _See
Stedman's Victorian Poets, and Ward's Eng. Poets, vol. 4, 2d edition._
=Ossian.= Mythical Keltic bard. See Macpherson, James.
=Ottley, Wm. Young.= 1771-1836. Art writer. Author The Italian School
of Design, Engravers and their Works, etc.
=Otway, Thomas.= 1651-1685. Dramatist. A tragic writer of great
pathos. His greatest works, Venice Preserved and The Orphan are still
occasionally acted. _See Works with Life, by Thornton, 1813._
=Ouida.= See De la Rame, Louisa.
=Ousely [ooz'l[)i]], Sir Wm.= 1771-1842. Orientalist. Author Oriental
Collections, Travels in Persia, etc.
=Overbury, Sir Thomas.= 1581-1613. Poet and philosopher. Characters,
his chief work, contains an exquisite and oft quoted description of A
Fair and Happy Milkmaid.
=Owen, John.= 1616-1683. Theologian. Style heavy and labored. _See
edition of 1826 with Life._ _Pub. P. B._
=Owen, Richard.= 180 Scientific writer of note. Author Lect. on
Comparative Anatomy, etc.
=Owen, Robert.= 1771-1858. Writer on social reforms. _See H.
Martineau's Biographical Sketches._
=Owenson, Sydney.= See Morgan, Lady.
=Oxenden, Ashton.= 180 Bp. Montreal. Religious writer. Author
Pathway of Safety, Our Church and her Services, Thoughts for Lent,
etc. _Pub. Dut. Ran. Wh._
=Oxenford, John.= 1812-1877. Dramatist and critic. Translator of
Goethe's Autobiography.
=Paley, Frederic Apthorp.= 181 Classical scholar. Grandson to W.
P. Editor and translator of numerous classical works.
=Paley, Wm.= 1743-1805. Moral philosopher. Author Natural Theology,
Elements of Moral and Political Philosophy, etc. _See Complete Works,
4 vols., London, 1838, biography by Meadley, 1839._ _Pub. Ca. Nel.
Har._
=Palgrave [pawl'gr[=a]v], Sir Francis.= 1788-1861. Historian. Author
Hist. of the Anglo-Saxons, Rise and Progress of the Eng. Commonwealth,
Anglo-Saxon Period, Hist. of Normandy and of England, etc. _Pub. Mac._
=Palgrave, Francis Turner.= 182 Poet and critic. Son to F. P.
Author Essays on Art, Hymns, Lyrical Poems, etc. _See Stedman's
Victorian Poets._ _Pub. Mac. Por. Ran. Rou._
=Palgrave, Wm. Gifford.= 182 Traveller. Son to F. P. Author
Essays on the Eastern Question, Dutch Guiana, Herman Agha, etc. _Pub.
Ho. Mac._
=Palmer, Sir Roundell= [Baron Selborne]. 181 Author of the Book
of Praise. _Pub. Mac._
=Pardoe [par'd[=o]], Julia.= 1806-1862. Novelist and historical
writer. Author Court and Reign of Francis I., etc. _Pub. Har. Pet._
=Paris, Matthew.= ---- 1259. Historical writer. _See Bohn's
Antiquarian Library._
=Park, Mungo.= 1771-1805. Scotch explorer and writer of travels. _Pub.
Har._
=Parker, John Henry.= 180 Writer on Architecture. Author
Glossary of Arch., Introduction to the Study of Gothic Arch., Domestic
Arch. of the Middle Ages, etc., _Pub. Lit._
=Parnell [par'nell], Thomas.= 1669-1718. Poet. Author of The Hermit,
etc. _See Ward's Eng. Poets, vol. 3._ _Pub. Hou._
=Parr, Harriet= ["Holme Lee"]. 18-- ----. Novelist. Author Sylvan
Holt's Daughter, Kathie Brande, For Richer for Poorer, etc. _Pub. Har.
Por._
=Parr, Mrs. Louisa.= 18-- ----. Novelist. Author Dorothy Fox, Adam and
Eve, etc. _Pub. Ho. Lip._
=Parr, Samuel.= 1747-1825. Classical scholar and critic. _See Field's
Memoirs of, 1828._
=Pater, Walter H.= 183 Author Studies on the Hist. of the
Renaissance. _Pub. Mac._
=Patmore, Coventry Kearsey Dighton.= 182 Poet. Author Angel in
the House, Faithful Forever, and other vols. of rather commonplace
verse. _See Stedman's Victorian Poets._ _Pub. Dut. Mac._
=Pattison, Mark.= 181 Author Tendencies of Religious Thought in
England, a noted Biography of Isaac Casaubon, Milton in Eng. Men. of
Letters, etc. _Pub. Har._
=Payn, James.= 183 Novelist. A writer of excellent stories; Lost
Sir Massingberd, and By Proxy, being among the best. _Pub. Apl. Har.
Pet._